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Benaiah son of Jehoiada

Valiant warrior from Kabzeel, leader of the Cherethites and Pelethites, famed for slaying two lion-like heroes of Moab and a lion in a snowy pit, who executed Adonijah and Joab and commanded Solomon’s army.

Primary Scripture Citation

2 Samuel 23:20-23; 1 Kings 1:36-38; 1 Kings 2:35

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